Did Coke raise prices, or just rip us off???

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » October 21, 2008 2:58 pm

TropicalTroubador wrote:The candy bar manufacturers have been doing that for at least 30 years.

And Hershey bars are basically "mock-late" now.

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » October 21, 2008 3:39 pm

The other day at the Little Champ I noticed that a regular sized candy bar is $1.19. They were 79 cents not too long ago.
Luckily they're still 75 cents in the vending machine at my job but it's probably only a matter of time.......

But on the bright side I just picked up a six pack of Busch Light for $3.94.

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » October 21, 2008 3:58 pm

NY2NC wrote:Seems everyone is raising prices and making the items smaller. We pay more and get less.

Newspapers are narrower, too.

TropicalTroubador · Post by **TropicalTroubador** » October 21, 2008 4:13 pm

carolinagirl wrote:
NY2NC wrote:Seems everyone is raising prices and making the items smaller. We pay more and get less.
Newspapers are narrower, too.

Nope...they still take up the same amount of space in my Web browser...

chippewa · Post by **chippewa** » October 21, 2008 4:24 pm

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Save George Costanza from "shrinkage".

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eli7160 · Post by **eli7160** » October 21, 2008 5:53 pm

Pepsi is now marketing an 8 pk case of 12 oz cans

diverg · Post by **diverg** » October 21, 2008 8:46 pm

ejr wrote:Hadn't noticed that, but there are also those odd looking 8 ounce cans of pop.

Meanwhile, sugar no longer comes in a 5 pound bag. Ice Cream is seldom in a half gallon container anymore. Mayonnaise is no longer in a quart jar. The 7 ounce can of tuna is 6 ounces. The 18 ounce jar of peanut butter is now 16 ounces. Etc, etc, etc.

And apparently we are supposed to be way too stupid to notice any of this.

You forgot to mention those 10lb bags of ice that are now down to 6 or 7 lbs.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » October 21, 2008 9:00 pm

sonofabeach wrote:The other day at the Little Champ I noticed that a regular sized candy bar is $1.19. They were 79 cents not too long ago.
Luckily they're still 75 cents in the vending machine at my job but it's probably only a matter of time.......

But on the bright side I just picked up a six pack of Busch Light for $3.94.

MICHAEL!
There's a REASON why cheap beer is so cheap.

Glorfindel7 · Post by **Glorfindel7** » October 21, 2008 11:14 pm

Wino you know wrote:
sonofabeach wrote:The other day at the Little Champ I noticed that a regular sized candy bar is $1.19. They were 79 cents not too long ago.
Luckily they're still 75 cents in the vending machine at my job but it's probably only a matter of time.......

But on the bright side I just picked up a six pack of Busch Light for $3.94.
MICHAEL!
There's a REASON why cheap beer is so cheap.

Yeah, you can't keep it in

moog · Post by **moog** » October 22, 2008 5:31 pm

TropicalTroubador wrote:
carolinagirl wrote:
NY2NC wrote:Seems everyone is raising prices and making the items smaller. We pay more and get less.
Newspapers are narrower, too.
Nope...they still take up the same amount of space in my Web browser...

Well, some of us don't want to turn a computer on every darn day just to get information. The TV doesn't count. It is sewage. Unless one watches the PBS newhour, information from the idiot box is in short bits, not enough to fuel critical thinking.